RL Tragic

I thought elland road was nearing a sell out , it’s saying limited in the ticketing website.

Wow wales v Tonga got more than NZ v Fiji qtr final

Good point Back to one of the big issues, it’s not like the organisers didn’t have any precedents or hadn’t hosted a World Cup before. If I hear them say lessons should be learned I will scream.

Yes

Honest question if it had been priced at a flat £20 adults £5 kids to FC and KR season ticket holders do you think that would have improved the gate .

If it’s not a sell out tomorrow that would be a appalling.

Because it’s not good that’s why , just saying it’s always been that way doesn’t excuse it . 7k for a competitive World Cup qtr final is a joke

Indicators are that Warrington tomorrow will be less than 2013 . Why wasn’t Headingley used for a qtr final . It’s given us the best attendances for non England games .

Appalling attendance for what was on show . Surely no one on here can defend this one . Crowd that were there did there best but it was barely a third full .

Tragic , if that’s the best we can do in Hull of all places.

Im hoping Mr Dutton doesn’t get a job in the pricing department of Poundland .

Don’t look good at hull I’m afraid

Best seat fit butt comfort is Doncaster in my humble opinion

I do see your points , However I’m sure you understand the dissatisfaction with how this tournament has turned out . It should have been so much better.

The potential was there in 2013 , why are we no further forward

Australian National team V Lebanon is a novelty……. 8k

As I discussed earlier this is the entertainment industry attendances and atmosphere DO matter . They also work as a barometer for the health of the game .

I’m at Hull tonight, Leeds next week and old Trafford the week after , I’ve seen 5 group games , I feel I’ve done my but and warrant an opinion.

I accept your points . And apologise if I do shoot about areas of the debate . I think though as we stand today the success of this tournament can be judged by the fact this thread still exists.

This is my point . We shouldn’t get excited about 20k at Wigan for this fixture, should have sold out as soon as we knew England were there .

Damien , I don’t think it’s fair to say we are knocking it . It’s reasonable to be skeptical due to the duplicity the organisers have shown . And secondly it’s not that great that we can’t after years of hosting RL world cups , Against decent exiting opposition , with the biggest ever funding of an event , sell this out !!!!! . We got roughly the same in 2013 vs France and 25k for a group game v Ireland with no central funding and nothing like the number of people behind the scenes . It’s Ok but calling it a triumph is downgrading where our sport should be . christ NFL get 80K in the UK regularly to watch utter dross that’s also on live TV and we want to be happy with just over 20k for the National team in a World Cup .

I wasn’t at that one were all the other stands chokka

No one’s angry it’s a decent figure. They are angry because . it should be a sell out based on what we we’re promised with this tournament and the money the tournament was gifted by you and me ( the taxpayers) if half a stand is empty then 23k at a 25k stadium is figure fudging by what has shown to be an inept leadership clutching at any glimmer to say they have done a great job . no one in this thread is remotely happy about the poor attendances at this tournament , frankly for those that love the game it’s heartbreaking.

I’m looking to send the below as an open letter to the organisers, prompted by last night that I felt was shameful for players on both sides of such quality. I do however look forward to going to NZ v Fiji tonight , come on Fiji !!!!! Dear RLWC I was wondering if anyone at your organisation was monitoring the general feelings of anger by a large number of grassroots supporters over the mismanagement and failure of this edition of the World Cup . I urge you to look at the forums to educate yourselves on great anger within the core fan foundation of the game for what is felt, rightly born out by the dismal crowds , technical and promotional issues and failure to deliver on the promises we received before the World Cup . I have attended many games of this edition and I feel it was a much less entertaining and atmospheric version y to o 2013 . In 2013 I felt I was at a World Cup , this edition feels clunky , amateurish and soulless with little atmosphere at grounds . The players ,community work and additional tournaments are without doubt an excellent addition and deserve praise so please leave these out of any response as I am focusing on the mens tournament that the vastly general feeling is has not only failed to deliver, but has actually regressed from 2013 . I think the fan base would like to know that after the tournament has ended there will be a proper review culminating in those who it generally felt have squandered a golden opportunity for the game brought to book . Sent from my iPhone

I am tired of some of the posts that seem to defend the tournaments attendances as a ok and that we in turn should be ok with that not a single sole on here wants to be at the point we are at . However The facts of the matter are . 1/ RL fans are watching games and thinking, The attendance doesn’t looks great . 2/ Non RL fans , I’ve sat and watched many games with RU fans over the last few weeks , and the P taking has been to a man immense , I’ve also sat with non sporting neutrals who watching games with me on TV and one of the big points is , Doesn’t it look empty. One even thought there were still covid restrictions! . No one , and I mean NO one I have talked to has not commented on the poor attendance. 3/ The attendances have physically been poor (9k average ) and have looked much much worse than that on TV due to a number of factor’s 4/ This is a professional entertainment event , the size of the crowd and the atmosphere DO matter . Think wrestlemania with 6000 people there , no music and fans so silent you can hear big show scratch His ###### . 5/ This is not what we were PROMISED John Dutton and Co have failed by ANY measure . If we are still saying there are seats available for Tonga v Samoa in an RL town then our leaders shouldn’t be leading . 6/ The pricing structure has been a Cluster funk the only evidence of if pricing is right or wrong is customer take up . Think Tescos chief pricing strategist getting it this wrong . And then blatantly lying about there errors . They would be out the door next day . 7/ The ticketing website is substandard. In this day and age platforms are available , quite readily to allow businesses to offer smooth transactional process . No excuses here .